West-Nile virus infection
Material: | 2 ml serum, 0,5 ml liquor (antibody test, PCR) |
Methods: |
Ligandenassays → Immunfluoreszenzassay (IFA) Amplifikationsverfahren → Real-time-PCR | Reference range | IgG: < 1:20 Titre |
Indication | Suspicion for west-nile-fever (fever, lymphadenopathy, headache, myalgia, meningoencepahlitis) after stay in endemic areas (africa, near and middle east, south and central asia, australia, south and south-eastern europe, northern and central america) |
External services | ja Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin |